docs: def _send(self, key, value, metric_type):
          """Send the specified value to the statsd daemon via UDP without a
          direct socket connection.
  
          :param str key: The key name to send
          :param int or float value: The value for the key
  
          """
          try:
              payload = self._build_payload(key, value, metric_type)
              LOGGER.debug('Sending statsd payload: %r', payload)
              self._socket.sendto(payload.encode('utf-8'), self._address)
          except socket.error:  # pragma: nocover
              LOGGER.exception('Error sending statsd metric')